Chicago Public Schools Laying Off Hundreds Of Administrative Staff
Hundreds of workers at the central offices of the Chicago Public Schools were getting layoff notices on Friday, as the district tries to plug a $480 million budget hole.
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Hundreds of workers at the central offices of the Chicago Public Schools were getting layoff notices on Friday, as the district tries to plug a $480 million budget hole.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said contract negotiations with the Chicago Public Schools have been going well, and she thinks a strike can be avoided.
Chicago Public Schools will lay off "hundreds' of workers at their central office.
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Instead of a basketball game, there was a meeting at Morgan Park High School between parents and the principal following a threatened boycott.
A day after the Chicago Public Schools and its teachers began the final stage of contract talks, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis declined to predict whether teachers would strike, but said negotiations are not going well.
More than three dozen Chicago Public Schools students and other activists were marching through downtown and beyond on Friday, protesting possible teacher layoffs, and demanding better education funding.
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The teachers union is taking a dim view, but the head of the Chicago Public Schools is talking about a new contract offer in hopes of heading off a strike threat, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a closer look at the new plan.
Chicago Teachers Union officials announced that nearly 90 percent of its members voted in favor of going on strike in a vote held last week.
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Chicago teachers were set to begin voting Wednesday on whether to authorize a strike, amid contract talks with the Chicago Public Schools, although a possible walkout is still months away.
Teachers start voting Wednesday to decide if they'll authorize strike vote. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a pulse.
Fed up with meals they found disgusting, students at an Albany Park neighborhood high school have organized a boycott of school lunches on Monday.
They've gone public with a letter to state and local politicians to find the $480 million needed to fund public schools and avoid mid-year budget cuts. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
The Chicago Teachers Union has scheduled a strike authorization vote for three days next week.
Chicago Public Schools released its school action plan for the 2015-16 school year Tuesday afternoon.
CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports from Grant Park.
Two teachers were hospitalized Friday morning, after they were sickened by a carbon monoxide leak at a Brighton Park neighborhood elementary school.
